Golden Age printers

[gifflefunk]

Has anyone done any research (and willing to share it) identifying the companies that owned the printing plants at:

 

2 Main Street, Bridgeport, Conn.

49 Hawkins Street, Derby, Conn.

163 Pratt Street, Meriden, Conn.

4600 Diversey Ave., Chicago, Ill.

666 Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Ill.

185 North Wabash Avenue, Chicago, Ill.

1723 West 74th Street, Chicago, Ill.

Second and Dickey Streets, Sparta, Ill.

1 Appleton Street, Holyoke, Mass.

29 Worthington Street, Springfield, Mass.

420 DeSoto Ave., St. Louis, Mo.

8 Lord Street, Buffalo, N.Y.

353 Third Street, Niagara Falls, N.Y.

101 West 31st Street, New York, N.Y.

37 North High Street, Akron, Ohio

1250 Camden Avenue, S.W., Canton, Ohio

1213 West 3rd Street, Cleveland, Ohio

221 Conyngham Ave., Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

60 Jarvis Street, Toronto, Canada

 

I could only figure out two (and I've not even 100% certain on either of those):

* World Color Printing Co. (Second and Dickey Streets, Sparta, Illinois)

* Curtiss Way Corp (163 Pratt Street, Meriden, Conn.)

 

And I'm fairly certain that 1 Appleton Street, Holyoke, Mass. is the Temerson owned facility, but I don't know the name of the company... Holyoke Publishing Co. was a publisher and not the name of the printing plant as far as I know (were they the same?).

 

[50YrsCollctngCmcs]

I would imagine the Derby, CT plant was Charlton. Maybe the other Conneticut plants as well?

[capt_comics]

I would imagine the Derby, CT plant was Charlton. Maybe the other Conneticut plants as well?

 

Here is some info on Charlton

 

http://www.chs.org/comics/charlton.htm

 

and

 

http://plantspedia.org/info/Charlton_Comics

 

 

 

 

[gifflefunk]

I added a "printers" section to the artifacts page (at the bottom) to keep track of things as they progress. Once I have more information I'll probably create a dedicated printers page.

 

http://www.bipcomics.com/showcase/artifacts/codes.cfm

[HouseofComics.Com]

Very cool research Giffle! (thumbs u

[markseifert]

There's a pic of a comic/magazine wall display in the lobby of the World Color offices in this blog post.

 

It's not much and it's during the Silver Age, but interesting because I don't think I've seen too many pics of that printing plant.